Malini Seshadri is a freelance writer, editor and translator with several years of experience in all these areas. She has translated several Tamil works into English for publication, including one dalit novel and several short stories. She has authored/co-authored several books including school text books on science and values education. Ramakrishnan is an Engineer-turned-literature-graduate pursuing his Ph.D. in English at the University of Madras. Equally fluent in English and Tamil, he indulges in creative writing and translation in both languages. This is his first published work of translation.